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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events salt and plow the snow which has covered the area. In Jaafari nominated Iraq PM •A British tabloid, the News of the Massachusetts, heavy snow and The United Iraqi Alliance World, releases a video showing blizzard warnings are in effect as nominated Ibrahim al-Jaafari for British troops beating captured visibility has been greatly hindered Iraqi Prime Minister after talks Iraqi youth protesters. The by the falling snow. There are amongst party leaders concerning newspaper is satisfied with the other reports of near-blizzard the nomination which had authenticity of the video, which conditions in parts of Connecticut, delayed the selection. the Ministry of Defence is and Rhode Island. investigating. Protest against Muhammad The United States has been Adding to the storm, winds as high caricatures in Paris • revealed to be at work on plans as 60 mph in New England Several thousands of Muslims for a major military bombing prompted concerns over coastal demonstrated today in Paris, campaign against Iranian nuclear flooding. France, over the initial Danish sites in the event that diplomatic publication of the Muhammad efforts fail to convince Iran to Newspaper alleges U.S. caricatures and their republication voluntarily end what Western drawing up plans to attack in two French newspapers. governments consider to be Iran efforts at acquiring a nuclear The British newspaper Sunday Featured story bomb. Telegraph has reported on alleged plans for a US attack on Iran. The Berlin court repeals •United States Vice President Dick plans were allegedly made in preliminary injunction against Cheney accidentally shoots Harry retaliation for Iran's Uranium Wikimedia Germany Whittington while hunting in rural enrichment program due to The Amtsgericht Berlin- Texas. suspicions that it is for military Charlottenburg has repealed an application in the development of injunction that it had issued in Record snowfall in Nuclear weapons. January against Wikimedia Northeastern United States Deutschland, the German chapter The National Weather Service The paper has also reported that of the Wikimedia Foundation. announced that some 27 inches of the alleged plans to attack Iran snow was measured at 4:10 pm may be a possible motivation for Wikipedia Current Events EST at Central Park in New York the development of nuclear • A royal tomb from the 2nd or City today, breaking a record set in weapons by Iran; there have been 3rd century BC was found in 1947. This after a day of snowfall other threats of military response Pella, Greece and is the largest and storms in the Northeastern by both the US and Israel. Greek tomb found to date. This United States. annoucement comes a few days On February 12, 2006, the Sunday after the Egyptian tomb in the The poor weather conditions Telegraph claimed that strategists Valley of the Kings was found. prompted that LaGuardia, John F. at the Pentagon are "drawing up Kennedy, and Newark International plans for devastating bombing • The Blizzard of 2006 dumps 27 Airports be shut down. Delta raids backed by submarine- inches of snow on New York City, Airlines also canceled flights in and launched ballistic missile attacks closes many major airports, and out of Washington, Philadelphia, against Iran's nuclear sites" as '"a leaves 200,000 without power in Baltimore, Providence, and last resort" for the situation. Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Hartford. Also, New York City Maryland. employees worked long hours to The newspaper also claims that

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit e n . wikinews.org Monday, February 13, 2006 Wikinews Page 2 preparations are extremely active, on his south Texas quail hunt on the right holding one of the stating, "Central Command and when he was sprayed with Mohammad caricatures Strategic Command planners are shotgun pellets. The wounded (Caricature: the one with the identifying targets, assessing hunter, who is currently at Corpus bomb in his turban). The man on weapon-loads and working on Christi Memorial Hospital, is said the left is shown as saying: "I'm logistics for an operation,". to be "alert" and doing fine. not sure this response is appropriate for that cartoon." Assessments of the time scale for Cheney spent the afternoon at the (Pointing to the background of Iran to possibly develop nuclear hospital with Whittington. violent protest). The man on the weapons include three to ten right replies by saying: "I agree, if years. According to the Centre for The incident, which occurred we only had a Nuclear Bomb, then Nonproliferation Studies, cities yesterday, was not disclosed by we could show them." The Vista is likely to be targets because of Cheney's office until Sunday. published twice a week on their alleged role in nuclear Tuesdays and Thursdays. The weapons development include Jaafari nominated Iraq PM cartoon was published on Tuesday medium-size towns such as The majority Shia group in Iraq February 7, 2006. Since then has nominated Ibrahim Jaafari for there has been some/many ,(بوشهر) Bushehr or Bushire population estimated as 165,000 Prime Minister. He was chosen in a verbal/written protests to the (2005) and Arak with a population tight vote with Vice-President Adel paper. The paper published an of about 511,000 (2005) and the Abdel Mahdi. explanation in their Thursday small mountain town of Natanz. paper which is linked to below. United Iraqi Alliance, who backed Ellen Laipson, the other ex-CIA both the men, chose a nominee Since then, some have found it official also stated, "the Iranian today after talks amongst party hard to decide if the cartoon or the fear of an attack by the United leaders concerning the follow-up article was more States has long been a standard nomination, which had originally offensive. The Muslim Student element in NIEs [National stalled on Saturday. Organization at UCO has issued a Intelligence Estimates] on Iran." letter with numerous signatories There is little doubt that Mr Jaafari to the paper to protest their Former UN weapons inspector will lead the new government distaste at the inappropriate Hans Blix had reportedly considering that the UIA is the content. But in the feedback recommended that the United largest of the Iraqi political posted on their website, some States give a similar commitment parties. However, many say that readers have supported the not to attack Iran with either he will be faced with the challenge cartoon as representing freedom conventional or nuclear weapons, of getting the support of the of speech. just as it apparently has given to nation's Sunni and Kurd North Korea, stating, "regime populations. Sondhi may face legal action changes, we know, from the from Thai Rak Thai party outside are not that much of a Oklahoma student paper According to the Thai News panacea. So I think [the United publishes new controversial Agency Sondhi Limthongkul, an States] should contemplate similar cartoon outspoken critic of the government offers to Iran as they have to The Vista, a student paper at the and Prime Minister, may face legal North Korea." University of Central Oklahoma in action. Edmond, Oklahoma, has published Dick Cheney accidentally a cartoon including one of This would not be the first time shoots another hunter caricatures of the Prophet the de-facto leader of the U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Mohammad. The cartoon itself has campaign to oust the Prime reportedly shot another man been perceived as being very minister has faced legal action accidentally on Saturday during a offensive, besides the fact that it over his words. In 2005, a number hunting trip in Texas. includes one of the infamous of lawsuits were filed by the Prime caricatures. The cartoon was made Minister against Sondhi, most The victim, Harry Whittington, is a by Cary Stringfield, the paper's notable being a 1 billion baht suit 78 year-old Austin lawyer and was cartoonist. It shows two men of in November. Thailand's King, accompanying the Vice President middle eastern origin with the one Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama the

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